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Parenting is a rewarding experience with ups and downs, but there are times when the downs are too much to handle on your own. A parenting therapist can devise strategies to help you get through difficult situations that arise as you’re parenting.

Many therapists specialize in working with parents, new mothers, and fathers trying to figure out how to be a better parent and partner. Whether you are located in downtown Los Angeles, Artesia, Baldwin Hills, Cerritos, or even Culver City, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Signs You Could Benefit from Parenting Counseling

Parent therapy may be helpful to you if you’re dealing with any of the following issues:

  • You’re a new parent and feeling stressed out.
  • You’re the parent of an older child and not sure how to best relate to them.
  • You are having problems in your marriage related to parenting or parenting styles.
  • You’ve relocated and things in your family feel unsettled.
  • You need to vent about your parenting frustrations.
  • You want to improve your parenting skills.
  • You want to figure out the type of parent you want to be.

Licensed therapist Mara Fisher has some thoughts to help parents. If you are feeling the stress and pressure of parenting, read this article: Is There a Right Way to Parent?

Help is Available: Get Parenting Therapy Today

Parenting is one of the hardest things you’ll ever do, and it can take a toll on you, mentally and physically. With a parenting therapist, you’ll be able to examine and remedy those problems that make parenting harder. To make finding a therapist easy, use Mental Health Match. Start by browsing below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

Los Angeles, CA Parenting Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Move forward on your journey with you as the driver. Together we will create new narratives and build on your strengths, mitigating unhelpful tools from the past however learning from them.

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The most important part to therapy is the relationship with your provider and I am always wanting feedback from you because this is your journey. I use a variety of therapeutic modalities as listed but aware not one model fits all.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Communication Skills
  • Couples
  • Interpersonal Difficulties
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mood Disorders
  • Parenting Skills
  • Self-Esteem
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Centered around providing comprehensive assessments to tailor an individualized treatment plan that is specific to you.

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  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Burnout
  • Depression
  • Meditation
  • Mood Disorders
  • Muslims
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Parenting Skills
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
  • Professional Women
  • Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis
  • Psychosis
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  • Women
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Therapy with me will equip you to defeat self-deprecating patterns, harness your internal strengths, and get you back into your life.


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Therapy with me will equip you to defeat self-deprecating patterns, harness your internal strengths, and get you back into your life.

Something to know about my approach is:

Drawing on emotion-focused, mindfulness, somatic, and cognitive-behavioral (cbt) techniques, I will help you explore how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are maintaining your distress and keeping you stuck.

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  • ADHD in Womxn or Femme Populations
  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Adult ADHD
  • Age 20s & 30s
  • Anxiety
  • Confidence
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Infidelity
  • Motivation
  • New Parent
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Perfectionism
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Relationship Distress
  • Self-Esteem
  • Social Skills
  • Teenagers
  • Women
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Explore and navigate the complexities of your lived experience, relationship to self, and presenting challenges – moving towards a place of clarity, growth, and healing.

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We each come from our own lived context - life is complex, and I value and consider all the factors that influence our sense of well-being. This means holding space for familial, social, cultural, economic, and systemic forces that impact our lives.

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  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • College Students
  • Depression
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Family Conflict
  • Graduate Students
  • Grief
  • Identity
  • Life Transitions
  • Mood Disorders
  • Motherhood
  • Parenting
  • Postpartum
  • Relationships
  • Stress
  • Women
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Janelle Webster
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briefly explore your past to see how it is impacting your present, then dive into tools and techniques that can heal wounds and open opportunities for a more authentic and passionate life.


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briefly explore your past to see how it is impacting your present, then dive into tools and techniques that can heal wounds and open opportunities for a more authentic and passionate life.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach is collaborative and rooted in seeking connection. Clients who work with me can expect to learn engaging communication skills, a better understanding of their inner world (as well as their partners), and methods for healing relationships.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Codependency
  • Engagement
  • Faith Transition
  • Infidelity
  • Life Transitions
  • Marriage
  • Parenting
  • Self-Esteem
  • Trauma
  • Women
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